Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: van Dijk, D.J.C. Author-Name-Last: van Dijk Author-Name-First: Dick Author-Person: pva27 Author-Name: Terasvirta, T. Author-Name-Last: Terasvirta Author-Name: Franses, Ph.H.B.F. Author-Name-Last: Franses Author-Name-First: Philip Hans Author-Person: pfr226 Title: Smooth transition autoregressive models - A survey of recent developments Abstract: This paper surveys recent developments related to the smooth transition autoregressive [STAR] time series model and several of its variants. We put emphasis on new methods for testing for STAR nonlinearity, model evaluation, and forecasting. Several useful extensions of the basic STAR model, which concern multiple regimes, time-varying nonlinear properties, and models for vector time series, are also reviewed. Creation-Date: 2000-06-09 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/1656/feweco20000609141913.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureir Number: EI 2000-23/A Keywords: forecasting, impulse response analysis, model evalution, regime-switching models, time series model specification Handle: RePEc:ems:eureir:1656